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History in pencil
A piece of previously unknown history in the form of a rare 1931 pencil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi writing something intensely whilst seated on the floor will go under the hammer on July 11 at the Sotheby's auction in London. The sketch is estimated to fetch between Rs 6.72 lakh and Rs 10.09 lakh.
The sale will also include a collection of handwritten letters by Gandhi addressed to the Bose family, especially one addressed to Sarat Chandra Bose, which includes comments on the pivotal partition of Bengal in the months before his assassination. The letters are estimated to fetch between R19.37 lakh and R27.79 lakh. History comes at a price!
Pic/Sameer Markande
If looks could kill
Going by the protective grimace on the gentleman's face, we thought he could have been a new someone in Katrina Kaif's life, except that we hear he is a security personnel who was keeping her company at Mehboob Studio on Monday.
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Another book from PM Narendra Modi
It appears as though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been bitten by the writing bug. After penning Mann ki Baat recently, he is now working on a book for the youth. In this tome published by Penguin Random House India, we hear the PM will tackle issues students can relate to, with special focus on the class 10 and 12 examinations. Expect him to talk about overcoming exam stress, and staying composed during exams. The book is scheduled for publication later this year, and will be published in multiple languages.
Indian sounds in the UK
After turning heads with his rendition of Satyajit Ray's Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), as King of Ghosts, at Shakespeare's Globe earlier this month, UK-based sarod player and composer Soumik Datta (in pic) is on a different high. The Indian-origin musician is set to call the shots at Indian Summer Baaja, a part of the Horniman Museum and Gardens' summer festival in London.
Datta will be curating the festival, to be held on July 23, which will feature Indian music and dance from across Asia. "I will celebrate ancient South Asian instruments like the sarod, veena, bansuri and kanjira that are now being played by the younger generation of musicians in the UK," says Datta, who has worked with Beyonce, Anoushka Shankar and Joss Stone. We'd love to hear this one.
Yaariyan's got your back
The nudge-nudge, wink-wink approach towards gay persons and HIV risk is now comfortably ensconced in the anonymity that the Internet brings.
A still from the film, A Morning After High Fun
Yaariyan, The Humsafar Trust's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) youth support group, has launched a set of short films to create awareness about HIV. The films are available on their YouTube channel. Prevent HIV, Stay Safe #PlaySafeStaySafe is a brief look into the common sex-life blunders of four young men.
The video describes various prevention techniques like regular testing, consistent condom usage, PrEP and PEP. Yaariyan's second film, A Morning After High Fun #ChalBaatKarteHein is a non-judgmental and realistic story of the morning after drug use. Substance abuse has been linked to increased incidence of HIV because being high is linked to risky behaviour such as having unprotected sex.
Four films will be a part of this series that hopes to create a comfort zone. Messages emerge in an entertaining and realistic way, where contemporary settings are used to throw light on the numerous "micro aggressions", like Yaariyan says, that HIV positive youth continue to face.
(From left) Umesh Jivnani, Troy Costa, James Ferreira, Maria Goretti and Alison Woodham
Khimad, Khuddi and Khotachiwadi on a rainy evening
Last weekend, while most of Mumbai stayed in due to the torrential downpour, a few made their way to fashion designer James Ferreira's vintage bungalow in Khotachiwadi to tuck into his spread of traditional East Indian fare.
Ferreira in the kitchen. Pics/Datta Kumbhar
These included fellow East Indians, VJ-turned-chef and author Maria Goretti, designer Troy Costa and fashion choreographer Alison Woodham. The feast included Fugiyas, Chityaps, Duck Moile, Mutton Khuddi and Prawn And Bacon Vindaloo, along with their vegetarian versions, salads and desserts like Gulab Jam Pudding.
"My mother has handwritten all the recipes in a book. I followed them. We use bottle masala in many dishes but each is treated differently. Sadly, it's tough to find restaurants offering this cuisine though it's indigenous to Mumbai," Ferreira rued. As Goretti summed up the dinner in an Instagram post, "To a home that still reminds me of an unspoiled childhood... The furniture, decor, crockery, cutlery, and that lovely East-Indian aroma of food laid out in vintage style, down to the mogras, music and the Khimad."
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